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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






2. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






3. What foods have high quality protein?






4. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






5. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






6. What are healthy sources of fats?






7. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






8. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






9. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






10. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






11. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






12. What type of people need extra protein?






13. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






14. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






15. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






16. What is the function of vitamin E?






17. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






18. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






19. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






20. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






21. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






22. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






23. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






24. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






25. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






26. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






27. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






28. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






29. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






30. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






31. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






32. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






33. Fats can lead to some medical problems






34. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






35. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






36. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






37. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






38. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






39. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






40. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






41. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






42. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






43. Name six sources of grains






44. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






45. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






46. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






47. What function is vitamin A?






48. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






49. The higher the BMR a client has --






50. What is normal BMI?